We had an incredible four-day climbing trip in Linville Gorge that began at my cabin Wednesday night and finished at Sitting Bear Rock Sunday afternoon.

Everyone who went learned a lot of new skills and all agreed that we would’ve liked to have kept the trip going for four or five more days. There was so much more left to do. We climbed at Table Rock on Thursday afternoon and a newly developed area named “The Pirate’s Wall” on Friday and Saturday.

Rachel Gage, Ehrin Irvin and Zachary Lesch-Huie (Original TAASCS members from 1996) joined us on Saturday.

Our kids had the unique opportunity to climb new routes and even work on first ascents!